crucify
verb (used with object)
to put to death by nailing or binding the hands and feet to a cross.
have crucified
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present perfectof crucify.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Enough already. both sides have crucified this kid.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have crucified themselves on the cross of too many unnecessary rules and regulations.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Ye know," says he, "that Jesus of Nazareth was a MAN whom God hath rendered famous among you—Yet ye have crucified him—but God hath raised him up again," &c.
From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Paul Henry Thiry Baron d' Holbach
But it was true, “Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain.”
From Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet by Thomas Champness
For if they had known Him, they would not have crucified Him; and if they did truly know the power of the God that dwells in you, they would not so despise you.”
From The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth As Revealed in the Writings of Gerrard Winstanley, the Digger, Mystic and Rationalist, Communist and Social Reformer by Lewis Henry Berens
